When it comes to a “treasure,” the average human being thinks of something other than scientists. This is evidenced by a find that diving archaeologists have excavated in the Stone Age stilt-dwelling settlement “Mooswinkel” on Lake Mondsee (Upper Austria). Well preserved in the absence of oxygen, the remains of farm animals have been preserved here for thousands of years.
“Basically, it is a 5,500-year-old dunghill. We analyze the samples in the laboratory and can determine that goats, sheep and cows were kept there and what was on their menu,” says Thorsten Jakobitsch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).
Interesting analysis results
The analysis of the plants eaten by the farm animals provides insight into the way of life of the stilt dwellers: “We see that the animals were only kept in the settlements during winter; we could detect winter foods such as dried elm leaves and grain. And that grass was already being processed into hay.”
Source: Krone
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